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bank-bursting

bank-bursting adjective: extremely lucrative or profitable.

Adjective

bank-bursting (comparative more bank-bursting, superlative most bank-bursting)

  1. Extremely lucrative or profitable.
    • The prize now for Larne is massive… something in the region of £3million. They are the envy of every other Irish League club by forcing their way in with the big boys in the UEFA Conference League.
      And, with the possibility of a bank-bursting draw, perhaps against the likes of Chelsea, Real Betis...2024 August 29, Alex Mills, “Larne headed for Conference League group stages as Andy Ryan hat-trick secures historic Play-Off joy”, in Belfast Telegraph

Forms of bank-bursting

comparativemore bank-bursting
superlativemost bank-bursting

Questions about bank-bursting

What does bank-bursting mean?
Bank-bursting means extremely lucrative or profitable.
What part of speech is bank-bursting?
Bank-bursting is an adjective.

Words near bank-bursting in the dictionary

  1. bank-a-ball
  2. bank-and-turn indicator
  3. bank-and-turn indicators
  4. bank-book
  5. bank-books
  6. bank-bursting
  7. bank-robber
  8. bank-robbers
  9. bank-run
  10. Banka
  11. bankability

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